Columbia’s Voting Week initiative broke away from their traditional political panels and discussions on Friday night to include their first fashion show, hosted at Roone Auditorium, during this year’s week-long voter registration and political activism effort.
The show, entitled “Identity, Designed: The Fashion Show,” aimed to shift the focus of what it means to be political, moving towards the notion that one’s sartorial choices are as political as their activity in the voting booth. Four designers, including students and professionals, showcased a range of apparel on student models.
Voting Week co-director Alice Hu, CC ’19, helped conceptualize the week’s events with the hope of engaging with students who may not feel drawn to political panels or protests.
“This week we did something really different from past years. Generally we’ve done a lot of bread-and-butter panels and keynotes, [but] this year we really wanted to be creative,” Hu said. “Our goal was to get people who aren’t necessarily [saying], ‘Oh, I’m a political junkie, I follow the news every day.’ Those people…
